Industry

Worm ‘TheMoon’ infects Linksys routers

A self-replicating program infects Linksys routers by exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability

Rakuten to buy Internet messaging app Viber for $900 million

Viber is Rakuten's latest acquisition following Kobo, Wuaki.tv and Viki.

Staff at recruitment tool firm Distill join Yahoo

The Distill interview platform will not be available to customers after March 30

Attack on US veterans website may have been aimed at military members

FireEye has linked the latest attacks to two other malware campaigns, believed to come from China

Comcast-Time Warner deal may impact broadband customers

The buyout might improve service for some but give a larger Comcast more control

Many big names working on head-mounted gear, Glass display maker says

Himax already supplies the display for Google Glass and says it's working with other major IT and electronics brands

Facebook offers more ways to express gender beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’

New options include 'Trans,' 'Genderqueer' and 'Androgynous'

Hackers circulate thousands of FTP credentials, New York Times among those hit

A list of compromised FTP credentials is circulating in underground forums

Is Microsoft rethinking its decision to build Office for iPad?

Comments from the company's marketing chief suggest Microsoft may be having second thoughts

Verizon jumps into price war with ‘More Everything’ plan